Playing with the Android emulator on your computer is a pretty geeky endeavor, but YouWave makes it easy to accomplish on your Windows PC. If you can download and install a Windows program, you can have an Android virtual machine running on your desktop in just a few minutes. All without ever touching the SDK or Sun’s JDK. As a bonus, the Window it runs in has a really easy method of installing third party apps from free Android applications stores, as well as apps downloaded to your PC.

YouWave for Android
Runs Android apps and app stores on your PC, no phone required
Download thousands of apps online via app stores within youwave
High performance — The fastest way to run Android on pc
Easy to use — Easy to install. Easy to import and run apps